Chapter 605 - Coercion
Chapter 605: Coercion
“What? Ghost Mo’s dead…”
The 10,000 Legs Venerable One began to move its enormous body. Although it was only a slight movement, the whole mountain seemed to be shaking.
What momentum was that? It affected the entire world on its own.
Nonetheless, the 10,000 Beasts Venerable One was not moved by the momentum at all. Instead, it responded with a scornful look, “That’s right, Ghost Mo’s dead.”
The gigantic centipede stared at the 10,000 Beasts Venerable One. A vicious look could be seen in its eyes as though it wanted to swallow the formidable enemy.
Upon seeing this, the 10,000 Beasts Venerable One put its hands behind its back and cast a cold look at the centipede. The strong and substantial aura on its body vanished in the blink of an eye. At this moment, it seemed to have become transparent and did not exist at all.
The centipede’s momentum declined, and it shouted in shock. “You, you’re…”
Heavy pants became louder, and the centipede saw a marvelous state from the 10,000 Beasts Venerable One. It was a state desired by every Venerable One. It was worth noting that the centipede had cultivated in isolation for a century in a nearly absolutely quiet environment in pursuit of the boundary. Even so, it had not gotten a clue about advancing at all.
At this moment, it somehow saw hints of that boundary on the 10,000 Beasts Venerable One.
The 10,000 Beasts Venerable One sneered and questioned, “Why? You don’t want to attack anymore?”
“There are definitely very few in Danzhou that have the guts to attack you, and I’m not one of them.” The centipede sighed.
As it spoke, its overflowing fearsome momentum dispersed quietly as though it was a deflated balloon.
“10,000 Beasts Venerable One, Ghost Mo is one of the most talented juniors from my race. It was invited to the 10,000 Beasts Ridge this time, and it wanted to look for a suitable set of equipment. May I ask why it offended you?” The centipede asked in a deep voice.
It knew the 10,000 Beasts Venerable One would answer it for sure.
This was because the 10,000 Beasts Venerable One was the one that held the Trading Meet, and it would not let the meet’s reputation be ruined.
Sure enough, the 10,000 Beasts Venerable One sneered and answered, “Your precious younger generation attacked human blacksmiths after the Trading Meet ended. Not only did it knock out Bai Zhiyi from the Beast King Sect with its mist, but it also went in hot pursuit of another blacksmith and wanted to kill him. Hehe, I killed it to make it serve as an example!”
“That’s impossible. Why would it do something so unreliable?” The centipede widened its eyes. It was startled, and it continued to raise another question?” Who’s the human blacksmith that Ghost Mo was after?” It vaguely had a feeling that the person was the key to the problem.
“The person’s Ou Yangming,” the 10,000 Beasts Venerable One answered.
“Ou Yangming…” The centipede’s voice suddenly trembled. “It’s him!”
The 10,000 Beasts Venerable One scoffed. “You’re aware of his origin indeed. Heh, how did you cross paths? Can you tell me?”
“Fine. That young human fella’s a genius from the lower realm, and he has unspeakable secrets. I ordered my child to go to the lower realm to obtain some information from him, but he was tyrannical and killed the child that I sent.” The centipede sighed, then it added after a pause, “Ah, I made this happen to Ghost Mo, my child…”
“Why didn’t you just send Ghost Mo to the lower realm? If it had gone instead, perhaps you would’ve gotten what you wanted.” The 10,000 Beasts Venerable One was disdainful.
A flash of a furious look could be seen on the centipede’s large face. “10,000 Beasts Venerable One, back then, the 4 of our races joined hands and snatched the portal to the lower realm from the Humans. Every race was given a spot, but the spot for the Insects isn’t with me this time!”
The 10,000 Beasts Venerable One was slightly stunned, and it could not help but laugh. “I see, you smuggled it into the lower realm. No wonder.”
Back then, the 4 races had agreed to send a representative each to the lower realm every once in a century as a trial when the time-and-space circulation was the safest.
Even though they controlled the portal, a spot would be occupied for every living being that they sent. The time-and-space disturbance this time had increased the size of the slots, which was why the 10,000 Beasts Venerable One could send Multi-armed King Kong’s to the lower realm after suppressing its aura.
As for the Birds and the Aquatics, they sent a high-rank spirit beast each. The Insects were the only ones with an ulterior motive, thus Ghost-clawed Venerable One, which was in charge of sending a representative to the lower realm, deliberately planned to make more transfers.
Moreover, among the transferred items, the Inescapable Trap and the omnipresent mist that bothered the little red bird were included too. Those were treasures made by the Venerable One, hence their shares of the spot were bigger than that of an ordinary spirit beast.
Therefore, Ghost-clawed Venerable One could only send a low-rank spirit beast to guarantee a successful transfer.
With that, there was no other option but to smuggle the spirit centipede and the Blood Devil follower into the lower realm.
They wanted to send a top-grade spirit beast and even wanted to be there themselves, but it was impossible. It would be fine to think about it but if they acted on the thought, it would be a one-way trip for them.
The centipede lowered its head and expressed, “10,000 Beasts Venerable One, since Ghost Mo was at fault first, that’s its fate. I hope you won’t investigate this further.”
“I’m not an unreasonable being, so I won’t investigate it further but…” The 10,000 Beasts Venerable One responded proudly. Frightening lights were seen in its eyes as it added, “Old friend, I hope that that young human fella won’t be disturbed anymore.”
“Since it’s your request, I understand,” the centipede replied to it without any hesitation.
“Alright, you’re very agreeable.” The 10,000 Beasts Venerable One laughed out loud. It nodded and pulled the void in front of it, causing another gigantic, black passage to appear. Following that, it flashed and disappeared from the boundless mountain.
The centipede was rather infuriated. Given that the 10,000 Beasts Venerable One simply tore the space enveloped by its aura, it was undoubtedly a contemptuous act.
Nevertheless, was it not a form of suppression in terms of strength?
At the very least, the centipede could not do this at all.
After falling silent for some time, the centipede mumbled, “Seeing how the 10,000 Beasts Venerable One didn’t ask about his secret, could it have known? Ah, what a pity, that person can’t be touched now. That said, as smart as you are, I’m afraid that you can’t guess that I wasn’t the one that made a move on the young fella. Heh, heh… Looks like I’ll have to find a way to inform Ghost-clawed.”
It dared not offend the 10,000 Beasts Venerable One, but it was even more unwilling to let Ghost Mo sacrifice for nothing.
Even if it could not take revenge, it would drag the other powerhouses from the Insects into the matter so that they would suffer bad luck too!
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Ou Yangming and Big Yellow successfully found Bai Zhiyi and the others.
Ghost Mo was merciful as it did not kill them. In actual fact, in that situation, if the spirit insect really wanted to attack regardless of the costs, the hidden 10,000 Beasts Venerable One would not have let it have its way.
After all, Bai Zhiyi and the others had participated in the Trading Meet on the 10,000 Beasts Ridge. If they were killed by a creature after they left, what would happen to the Venerable One’s image?
Ou Yangming retrieved his pills for Bai Zhiyi and the others to consume, thus they awoke very soon.
The pills were refined in the lower realm, but they were surely not substandard if they were kept by Ou Yangming. If one wanted to detoxify someone effectively, one would naturally have to use the immortal liquid as well. Despite that, the pills were more than enough to drive away the bit of poisonous gas.
Bai Zhiyi and the others were outraged after they woke up. In particular, the elder proposed to return to the 10,000 Beasts Ridge to seek justice from the 10,000 Beasts Venerable One.
After a thorough explanation from Ou Yangming, they finally understood that the culprit had been killed, thus they finally calmed down.
In the end, they had a brief discussion and decided to continue toward the Beast King Sect.
Having said that, due to the unforeseen change earlier, Bai Zhiyi and the others became unusually careful. They initially thought there were no taboos and that they did not have to worry about being attacked if they left after joining the Trading Meet on the 10,000 Beasts Ridge.
However, the fact was right in front of them, so they had to admit their mistake.
When they left this time, they were not obstructed anymore. After several days of a threatening but safe journey, they finally returned to the Humans’ boundary.
In Danzhou, the Humans and the various races of the Beasts coexisted and governed in different boundaries. Needless to say, there were always all sorts of grievances and gratitude between the Humans and the Beasts, as well as among the different races of the Beasts. Hence, even in the respective boundaries, there were incredibly few beings from other races.
As long as those beings from dissimilar races did not cause any troubles, none of the human powerhouses would provoke them without any reason.
This seemed to have become a tacit understanding and custom in Danzhou.
Once Bai Zhiyi and the others returned to the Humans’ boundary, they were evidently relieved.
A medium-scaled town could be seen at the border. It was not massive, but Bai Zhiyi and the others had made arrangements here in advance.
They entered a huge residence and settled down right away as if they were very familiar with the place. Nonetheless, before they could rest, someone visited them.
It was a disciple from the Beast King Sect, and he was the person-in-charge. He was delighted upon seeing Bai Zhiyi. “Elder Bai, it’s great that you’re back!”
Bai Zhiyi questioned snappily, “Why? Were you hoping that I won’t return?”
That person quickly waved his hand and responded, “Elder Bai, you misunderstood me. I received a smithing task here, but the others haven’t been able to succeed after several days in a row. Luckily, you’re here. You’re truly my savior!”
Bai Zhiyi cast a cold look at him and replied to him, “Hmph, if they’re not capable enough, they shouldn’t force it. If you’d like me to accept the task, you should know the rule.”
“Elder, don’t worry, you won’t receive any less than you deserve.” That person smiled.
The elder nodded as he was pleased. He suddenly turned to say, “Lil’ Ou, as long as we can finish tasks given by the sect, we won’t be refrained from accepting tasks outside. Hehe, to us, this is the right path for us to profit the most.”